Casket.



No. 824,284. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

T. F. COMES. GASKET.

APPLICATION FILED AFB- 6. 190B.

WITNESSES- I lv gzfiok.

A TTOR/VE Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. THOMAS FRANKLING COMES, OFCRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS FRANKLING Collins, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Crawfordville, in the county of Taliaferro-and Stateof Georgia, have invented a new and useful Casket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to burial-caskets of lass or like material or comounds, and has or its object to improve the construction and increasethe efficiency, durability, and utility of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in -view,

which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,the invention con sists in certain novel features of construction, ashereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted b like designating characters,is illustrate the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of. carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of theimproved device. Fi 2.is a transverse section on the line 2 2 0 Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the device, including one of thecorners of the same.v Fig. 4.is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

The improved device comprises a body 10, molded or otherwise constructedof glass or like material and with reinforcing-ribs 11 integral with thebody and extending alon the lower-side. edges or at the juncture oi thesides and bottom and also at the 'uncture of the sides and ends and atthe ju cture of the ends and bottom. The uppergedge of the body isprovided with a channe 12, extending entirely around the same, and withsockets at the corners, one of which is indicated at 13. The body 10 isprovided with an outwardly-extending rim or flange 14 around the uppered e, with the lower surface of the.

rim provide with a lurality of inclined faces 15, the latter undercut ordovetailed, as shown. Bearing over the body 10 is acover member 16 ofthe same material as,

the body andprovided with ins 17, engaging the sockets .13 in the body.When the cover 16 is disposed in position upon the bodylO, the channel12 1s filled with some suitable cement which wilLfirmly unite the covermember air-tight to the body portion. ,A plurality of clamps 18 areprovided for cover and body the inc bearing over the edges of the cover16 and also beneath the flange or rim 14, the clamps having the lowerends inclined or dovetailed to correspond to the dovetailed portion 15of the flange. By this simple means it is obvious that when the cover isdisposed in osition upon the body and the clamp, mem ers applied andmoved lon tudina y of the lined faces of the fia e 14 will cause theclamp members to Patented June 26, 1906. e

y compress the cover member upon the body. and likewise compress thecement contained in the channel 12, and'thus form a ve rigid and firmjoint between the parts an efficiently preventing the passage of air,gases, or moisture.

Embedded at suitable points within the body 10 are staples or similardevices 19 to support the trimming for the interior of the body. Handles20 will also be attached to the body in any suitable manner, preferablyby casting or molding them into the body when the. latter isconstructed. The cover 16 is provided with clips 21, preferably moldedor cast into the cover when the latter is constructed and adapted tosupport a name-plate 22. The bod 10 is dposed above a base 23, preferaly' of Woo the bod being provided with threaded studs 24 at t e cornersand embedded in the material of the body with their upper ends adj acentto the reinforcing-ribs 11 and-stren thened and supported thereby, asindicate in Figs. 1 and 2., The bolts 24 extend through the base 23 andare supplied with holding-nuts 25 below the base and with springs 27between the body and base. The springs may be of coiled wire, as at 27in Fig. 2, or of rubber or like material, as at 26 in Fig. 1. Thesprings are designed to relieve thebody 10 and its attachments from jarsand concussions while in transit and to obviate danger of the breakageof the lass body and cover. The base 23 is providec l with suitablehandholds 28 to facilitate the transportation of the device. a

The body 10 and its cover 16 may be of any required size and ornamentedin any desired manner and when constructed of glass ma be transparent oropaque, as desire he rods 24 may be of metal or wood, as

preferred.

Having thus described the invention, what isclaimed isa Y Aburial-casket comprising a molded body formed with integralreinforcing-ribs in the Q I eaesse corners, bolts embedded in thecorners of the In testimony that I claim the foregoing as body andsupgorted b ingdfioral thed ody, a1 Iitse fdisposedi bfileatihlL in thepresence of two witnesses. sm 0 an s ace t ere rom an t oug n o 5 whichsaid bol ts extend, springs between THOMAS FRANKLING said body and baseand surrounding said "Witnesses: bolts, and clamp-nuts upon said boltsand HAWES CLOUD, bearing beneath said base. 0. H.'GOLUCKE.

said ribs and dependmy own I have hereto afiixed my signature is

